Some people claim that the monotube designs on the B6 should last longer than B4’s twin tube, but realistically how much difference in longevity is there? I would be keeping the stock M sports suspension springs. This is on an E85 3.0si; the upper strut mounts and boots are all going to be replaced as well. Am I going to regret the stiffness of the B6?
Mine has developed a crack and I tried patching it up with putty and the result looked terrible. If anyone has put those on their cars can you share a photo? Deciding between carbon fiber or piano black…
This is...a JDM E85 normal seat converted to an office chair!
Here’s the backstory: someone asked for an update after I last posted a question about airbag and seat belt pretensioners in the normal E85 seat, so here it is. I originally got it to replace my own driver's seat, but after finding out that the junk yard just snipped off the seat belt pretensioner and CANBUS connectors so I would have to do the rewiring to the harness myself, I figured that it was too much trouble for someone who is not electrically knowledgeable enough and decided just to redye and try repairing my own seat instead. Not wanting to pay a garbage disposal fee (I live in Japan where that sort of thing, or rather every little thing, costs money) for my stupid mistake I would just try to repurpose this for an office chair.
Since I do not have the tools or know-how for metal or woodwork to fabricate a stand, I did the lazy thing and looked for conversion kits. It turned out that the Recaro SR3 seats were not overly difficult to install in E85s from a web search, and a few companies readily sold Recaro conversion kits, I decided to go that route instead.
Here were the things I ordered for this project:
For the power seat functions, I tore apart the harness and extracted the master power connector linked to the 4 motors and attached them to the 12V adapter, red to red and brown to black. Power worked fine in absence of the seat CAN controller with intermittent stops, but definitely seemed longer than 10 seconds as some references online indicated, so I just disconnected the other two connectors (they had green and gray wires, so I was honestly unsure if they were CANBUS lines which were apparently typically yellow) and left them alone.
To be honest, not sure what else to say; the pictures should be rather self explanatory. If you have questions post here and I will try to answer them.
I unfortunately fudged it up during my first attempt with a cheapo Japanese kit and decided to take it to a detailer instead to fix the fuckup.
My driver seat is raggedy and I found one in a better condition from a local junkyard, but the guy that day didn’t do the actual removal so he had no idea whether any of the safety devices were left in the seat. With my current seat, once I unbolt it and remove it from my car, are there additional precautions or measures I need to take to prevent it from whatever reason going off at home?
Thanks.
Don’t anyone tell them that the NSX also got two spots and Civics got three.